Maximizing Battery Life
- Decrease the screen brightness and timeout (Adjusting the Screen Brightness).
- Turn off wrist gestures (Appearance Settings).
- In your smartphone notification center settings, limit the notifications that appear on your vívosmart® 4 device (Managing Notifications).
- Turn off smart notifications (Sound and Alert Settings).
- Turn off Bluetooth® wireless technology when you are not using connected features (Bluetooth Settings).
- Turn off pulse oximeter sleep tracking (Activity Tracking Settings).
- Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin® devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data to Garmin Devices).
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Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (Wrist Heart Rate Monitor Settings).
NOTE: Wrist-based heart rate monitoring is used to calculate vigorous intensity minutes, VO2 max., stress level, and calories burned.